Lightning McQueen

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Lightning McQueen

• Occupation: Piston Cup Race Car, World Grand Prix Race Car
• Performer: Owen Wilson, Keith Ferguson (Cars Toons and video games)

Lightning McQueen (or "Stickers", as Sally calls him) is the main protagonist in the Cars series.

Quick Answers

Who is Lightning McQueen?

Lightning McQueen is a legendary Piston Cup racer, who has won 7 Piston Cups since his debut in 2005. He is the main protagonist of Disney/Pixar's Cars franchise, and appears as Mater's sidekick in Mater's Tall Tales. Lightning McQueen is also available as one of the playable characters in Disney Infinity and is the main character of the Cars series. He is known for being initially arrogant, but learning there is more to life than just racing. His full name is Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen, but he is also known by his other nickname, Stickers, given by Sally. Michael Lightning McQueen Poppy Seed (or simply Lightning McQueen) is his son.

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What car in real life is Lightning McQueen?

Lightning McQueen is based on a BMW 2000CS, but instead, he sports a Cadillac badge. He has a 1.6-liter engine with 300 HP which suggest that he also takes influence from the 2011 WRC cars unveiled. He is a red 2006 rookie race car sponsored by Rust-eze, and has won 7 Piston Cups since his debut in the 2006 season.

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What does Lightning McQueen say before a race?

Before each race, Lightning McQueen says "Ka-chow!", "Focus. Speed. I am speed.", and "Uno". He also talks to himself about keeping focus, and is a reference to the year 1995 when Pixar's first feature-length film, Toy Story was released. His car model is said to be a stock car and more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer mixed together.

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Who is Lightning McQueen's girlfriend?

Lightning McQueen's girlfriend is Sally Carrera, a sky blue Porsche who is also the town attorney of Radiator Springs. They have been in a relationship since 2006, and they share a special nickname for each other - Lightning calls her "Stickers" due to the fact that she has stickers on her that look like headlights. At the end of the film Cars, Sally and Lightning become official girlfriends. She is kind and pleasant, like many of the townsfolk, while also being witty and intelligent.

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What does Lightning McQueen always say?

Lightning McQueen always says "Adios", meaning "Goodbye" in Spanish, and "Hillbilly Hell" when Minny and Van leave Radiator Springs. He also used to say "Sono sempre stati qui", meaning "They have always been here" in Italian. Mater even once caught him saying "Aah!".

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Cars

Lightning is a red racecar sponsored by Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment ("With Just a Little Rust-eze, you can look like Lightning McQueen!"). He is #95 in the movie, and at the beginning of the movie, he is racing his first Piston Cup race in Nashville, Tennessee, and is winning.

At the end of the film, he lost the race out of good intentions, and got a new paint job, but still sponsored by Rust-eze, although at the beginning of the film, he wanted a Dinoco sponsorship.

Cars 2

This time around, Lightning is racing in the first ever World Grand Prix to determine who's the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours, and hilarious surprises.

Number 95 Lightning McQueen is still a hotshot racecar, but his rookie days are past him. Now a permanent resident of Radiator Springs, Lightning has become a bona fide worldwide celebrity as winner of four Piston Cups. After his latest win, Lightning returns home to enjoy life in the slow lane for a while with sweetheart Sally, best friend Mater and the rest of his Radiator Springs family. His off-season is unexpectedly cut short when Mater inadvertently prompts Lightning to enter the World Grand Prix, a high profile, three-part exhibition race that will take him around the globe. With a fresh custom paint job and real, working headlights, Lightning sets off to Japan, Italy and England with Mater in tow for the adventure of a lifetime. But competing against the fastest cars in the world tests more than his racing skills when Lightning realizes his wide-eyed best friend may not be the pit chief nor ambassador he needs to navigate the unfamiliar international terrain.

Appearance

• Cars
• Cars 2
• Mater and the Ghostlight
• Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales